BEFORE this season, watching Chris Wood always reminded me of playing alongside Dele Adebola at Coventry.
Dele was the nicest guy you’ll ever meet. But sometimes you just wanted to shove a rocket up his backside and say ‘Come on, look at the size of you’. He was about 15 stone but never threw it around.
What made it so frustrating was that, on the rare occasions he did get angry, he was an absolute animal. Totally unplayable.
I bet Wood’s teammates had similar feelings at times. Physically, the New Zealand international had everything, but it never seemed to trans...